Tennis
Gasol and Nadal played golf together for a good cause
Pau Gasol put the basketball aside, Rafa Nadal briefly gave up the tennis racket. The two Spanish legends met at a golf tournament and helped raise €50,000 to fight childhood obesity.
Two legends not only of Spanish but of world sport, Pau Gasol and Rafa Nadal, have teamed up for a good cause.
The veteran NBA player and current Hall of Famer played golf with the 37-year-old tennis player and 22-Grand Slam winner Santander Solidarity Golf Tournament to raise money to fight childhood obesity in their country.
Through this tournament they even managed to raise an amount of 50,000 euros to promote a healthy lifestyle.
Source: sport 24
Kazakhstani tennis player Yulia Putintseva (WTA 105) can compete with Ukraine Marty Kostyuk (WTA 20) in the second round of the 2026 Australian Open.
Putintseva lost in the first round of the Australian major Beatrice Hadda Mayu (Brazil, WTA 59) in 2 hours 55 minutes.
Kostyuk will face Putintseva if she defeats Elsa Jacquemot (France, WTA 58) in the 1/64 final match.
Australian Open 2026. 1/64 finals
Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) – Beatriz Haddad Maya (Brazil) – 3:6, 7:5, 6:2
Photo gallery of the match
Source: Sport UA
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Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremskaya (WTA 27) has completed its campaign at the 2026 Australian Open.
In the first round, the Ukrainian player was defeated in two sets. Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Romania, WTA 79) In 1 hour 50 minutes.
Australian Open 2026. 1/64 finals
Dayana Yastremskaya (Ukraine) [26] – Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Romania) – 4:6, 5:7
In the second game, Dayana was trailing 1:5 but managed to regain Ruse’s serve twice. The Ukrainian saved four match points and looked to start a comeback, but lost two games with a score of 5:5 and gave up the match.
Yastremskaya had her third match against Ruse and suffered her third defeat.
Diana performed on the Melbourne courts for the eighth time. Its best result is the semi-final stage in 2024.
Yastremskaya will continue to compete in doubles at the Australian Open, where she will compete alongside Alisha Parks of the United States against 16th seed duo Guo Hanyu/Kristina Mladenovic in the first round.
Ruse will play with the winner of the match, Yulia Starodubtseva (Ukraine, WTA 110) – Ayla Tomlyanovich (Australia, WTA 76), in the second round. Yulia and Ayla will start in the major on January 19.
Photo gallery of the match
Source: Sport UA
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Russian tennis player Anna Blinkova lost to Australian Talia Gibson in the first round of the Australian Open in Melbourne.
The match ended with a score of 6:1, 6:3 and lasted 1 hour 16 minutes.
In the second round, Gibson will meet the winner of the match between another Russian, Diana Schneider, and the Czech Barbora Krejcikova.
Grand Slam tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne (Australia). Hard
Prize fund – more than 74 million dollars
Women. First round
Talia Gibson (Australia, WC) – Anna Blinkova (Russia) – 6:1, 6:3
Source: Sportbox
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